Chapter Summaries

He Qiang and the assembled allies discovered the Holy Spirit Cult attacking Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Soul Engineers targeted the Lake of Life. Liu Xiaoxiao and his companions thwarted the Soul Engineers’ operation, and the group returned to Shrek City, with Wang Haochen staying at Tang Sect Headquarters.

• He Qiang sensed the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack, and Shrek, Fei Family, Clear Sky Sect, and Star Dou Great Forest fighters surrounded the Evil Soul Masters.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and the others inferred that the enemy’s real target was the Lake of Life and headed to the Land of Great Beasts.
• The group found Jing Hongchen and Soul Engineers collecting lake water and preparing Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells against the Lake of Life.
• He Qiang’s group ambushed the Soul Engineers, killed several, and Liu Xiaoxiao immobilized Jing Hongchen and took the Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannons.
• Jing Hongchen fled with the surviving Soul Engineers, while the others regrouped after the Holy Spirit Cult’s losses and returned to Shrek City.
• Wang Haochen stayed at Tang Sect Headquarters after the party dispersed.

Tang Ya returned from deep meditation with greatly increased strength as Wang Haochen showed the group around Tang Sect. He then told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao was the Child of the Plane, before the group gathered to watch a sparring match begin.

• Tang Ya emerged from nearly a year of deep meditation at Rank 63, with six Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, and Shrek Academy approved her for the Inner Court assessment.
• Wang Haochen described Tang Sect's halls, disciples, and Soul Tool production as he guided the group through its headquarters.
• Liu Xiaoxiao proposed a two-on-two match, and He Qiang and Tang Ya agreed to face Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty.
• Wang Haochen privately told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao was this era's Child of the Plane and urged them to face the difficult road ahead together.
• The group reached the training ground as Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, He Qiang, and Tang Ya released their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings to begin the match.

He Qiang and his companions fought a spar that escalated into a clash of powerful abilities, then he purified the evil aura within Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Emperor. After Yu Mengdi’s spirit underwent a Second Awakening, He Qiang assigned his companions divine inheritance searches and left Liu Xiaoxiao temporarily in charge of the Tang Sect.

• Little Fatty and Liu Xiaoxiao battled Tang Ya and He Qiang, whose spirit abilities destroyed Little Fatty’s summoned beasts before Wang Haochen intervened to stop the dangerous spar.
• Liu Xiaoxiao revealed his Time Teleportation ability, and He Qiang used Xiezhi’s power and holy light to remove the evil aura from Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Yu Mengdi’s Angel Spirit underwent a Second Awakening and evolved into a Sacred Angel Spirit, while He Qiang gave Tang Ya Spirit Gold rich in life force.
• After a feast at the Tang Sect, He Qiang gave Chen Fang, Zheng Bei, Da Bao, Little Fatty, and Wang Haochen Hearts of Space to help them seek divine inheritances.
• He Qiang left Liu Xiaoxiao temporarily responsible for managing the Tang Sect while the others prepared to search for Godhood Position inheritances.

Little Fatty entered the Nine Trials of Space and passed its first two trials, earning a total of 15% Space Affinity. He returned outside Mizong Grand Canyon after the second trial and wondered when he would be able to begin the third.

• Little Fatty reached the mysterious white tower and endured the First Trial of Space, earning 5% Space Affinity.
• The Second Trial of Space began, and Little Fatty fled from flocks of Emerald Demon Birds and Sky-Scraping Battle Eagles while using his wings, teleportation, and Soul Tools to survive.
• A Black Phoenix attacked Little Fatty, who used his summoned Emerald Demon Bird and cannons to weaken and kill it.
• Little Fatty passed the Second Trial beyond expectations and earned another 10% Space Affinity, bringing his total to 15%.
• Little Fatty appeared outside Mizong Grand Canyon, recovered briefly, and used his Teleportation Array to head back along his route.

Chen Fang entered the Earth God's inheritance and passed its first two trials, earning fifteen percent Earth God affinity. He left the Azure Spirit Grassland after the inheritance told him the Third Trial would begin once he reached the required cultivation level and time.

• Chen Fang found the Earth God's inheritance five hundred meters beneath the Azure Spirit Grassland and began the Nine Trials.
• Chen Fang used his spirit abilities and spirit bones to subdue herds of Unicorn Demon Rhinoceroses and Vajra Wild Boars, then restrained a Devouring Dragon without killing it and passed the First Trial.
• Chen Fang received ten percent Earth God affinity for completing the First Trial beyond requirements.
• Chen Fang endured gravity that rose to one hundred times normal for ten seconds and passed the Second Trial, raising his total Earth God affinity to fifteen percent.
• Chen Fang meditated until his Soul Power recovered, then returned to the surface and retrieved his Teleportation Array formation disks.

Da Bao entered the Rakshasa Secret Realm and passed the first two Rakshasa trials, earning ten percent Rakshasa Affinity. He left the realm after learning that the third trial would begin when his cultivation reached the required level and the time was right.

• Da Bao entered Spirit City and used his divine power to open the seal around the Pope's Palace before entering the Rakshasa Secret Realm.
• Da Bao crossed the Rakshasa Bridge, endured its negative emotions, and passed the first trial, raising his Rakshasa Affinity to five percent.
• Da Bao prepared before crossing the Rakshasa Sea, then fought vengeful spirits, little ghosts, a scythe-wielding skeleton, and strange bone fish.
• Da Bao evaded the bone fish and their corrosive seawater, reached the shore, and passed the second trial, raising his Rakshasa Affinity to ten percent.
• Da Bao learned that the third trial would begin when the time and his cultivation were right, cultivated briefly, and left the Rakshasa Secret Realm.

Wang Haochen entered Hurricane Canyon to undertake the Wind God's trials, passing the first two and earning ten percent Wind God affinity. After several days of hunting Spirit Beasts to strengthen his spirit rings, he reached his physical limit and teleported back to Shrek City.

• Wang Haochen used the Wind God's Heart to enter a hurricane-filled cave and passed the first trial by resisting the gale.
• Wang Haochen defeated the hidden Wind Element Spirit Beast and passed the second trial, raising his Wind God affinity to ten percent.
• Wang Haochen hunted Spirit Beasts throughout Hurricane Canyon and used the Spirit Ascension Technique to increase the ages of his spirit rings.
• Wang Haochen raised his first and second spirit rings to the hundred-thousand-year level, then left when his body's strength reached its limit.
• Wang Haochen decided to improve his physical strength and teleported to Shrek City.

Qi Xiaomin descended into the Blood Sea Trench, completed the first two Water God trials, and gathered rare seafood. He left the trench with the Third Trial deferred until he reached the required cultivation level and time.

• Qi Xiaomin descended through the Blood Sea Trench, defeated several Soul Beasts, and fused their Spirit Rings into the Spirit Bones in his legs.
• Qi Xiaomin reached three thousand meters and completed the First Trial, increasing his Water God affinity by five percent.
• Qi Xiaomin found a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas and used his spirit abilities to kill more than the required number, completing the Second Trial and raising his affinity to fifteen percent.
• Qi Xiaomin gathered Red Jade Shrimp, Purple Crystal Lobsters, and other seafood over the following days, defeating any unusual Soul Beasts that discovered him.
• Qi Xiaomin rose to the surface and used a Teleportation Array to leave.

He Qiang and Chen Long returned to the Light-Dark Secret Realm, defeated the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff, and began their divine inheritances. After completing the Solitude trial and raising their affinities to ten percent, they left for Shrek City and Dragon City.

• He Qiang and Chen Long entered the Light-Dark Secret Realm and killed its simulated Golden-haired Lion Mastiff with their combined attacks.
• At the fork, He Qiang and Chen Long chose separate paths for the God of Light and God of Darkness, while He Qiang explained how they had adjusted their inheritances to preserve lightning and strengthen their light and darkness attributes.
• Chen Long revealed that two people in his generation had stronger Martial Souls than his: one with the Blazing Fire Dragon and one with the Golden Eye Black Dragon King.
• He Qiang completed the First Trial of Light, and he and Chen Long began their Second Trial, Solitude, within their respective inheritances.
• After a year of contemplation in the trial, He Qiang and Chen Long completed the Second Trial and each reached ten percent affinity.
• He Qiang and Chen Long activated separate Teleportation Arrays and headed toward Shrek City and Dragon City.

Lin Bo strengthened himself, recruited powerful Soul Engineers, and prepared a scheme to conceal his identity while pursuing godhood and revenge. Meanwhile, Chaos detected an unknown consciousness across the world, and Liu Xiaoxiao received a trial that required him to complete Shrek’s promotion assessment without his martial souls, soul bones, or domains.

• Lin Bo used rare treasures to reach rank 97, awaken a second martial soul, and improve his spiritual power and Destruction attribute.
• Ye Yulin and Yao Tianyun delivered five Qiankun Creation Pills to Lin Bo, who planned to use them to reach Limit Douluo while keeping his identity hidden.
• Lin Bo considered the five people serving as smoke screens and prepared to activate a second layer of cover when they were exposed.
• Chaos detected an unidentified consciousness entity spanning the world and summoned God Slayer and Phantom for assistance.
• Zhou Yi explained the assessment requirements to the class, and Liu Xiaoxiao learned that his Sixth Trial required him to complete the promotion assessment with his martial souls, soul bones, and domains sealed.

Sixteen students began their upgrade assessment under the guidance of Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming, traveling to a desert before the Endless Mountain Range. After setting out across the desert, they encountered Sand Demon Worms and prepared to fight.

• Zhou Yi explained that the students would cross a desert and enter the Endless Mountain Range for an assessment lasting up to two months.
• Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming led the students from Shrek, and the group used Flying Soul Tools to travel for three days to the desert.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that the first assessment was to cross the desert as quickly as possible, and the students assigned stronger teammates to carry the slower students.
• Little Fatty summoned an Emerald Demon Bird to scout ahead, then identified an approaching swarm of Sand Demon Worms and called the group to battle.
• The students released their martial souls and formed up to fight, while Zheng Bei and the support students enhanced the front line and the Class 4 girl revealed her Wish Angel martial soul.

Liu Xiaoxiao and his companions slaughtered a swarm of Sand Demon Worms, then camped in the desert. During the night, desert Spirit Beasts surrounded them, including several apparent Hundred-Thousand-Year beasts, leaving the group facing a perilous aerial assault.

• Liu Xiaoxiao, Da Bao, Chen Fang, Little Fatty, and the others killed several hundred Sand Demon Worms and absorbed their soul rings with the Spirit Ascension Technique.
• After nightfall, Liu Xiaoxiao kept watch while the others rested or meditated at their camps.
• Liu Xiaoxiao spotted approaching shapes, and the group fled into the air as the sand dune beneath them turned to quicksand.
• Liu Xiaoxiao identified a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sand Demon Worm leading a swarm, while Kings of Earth closed in from the opposite direction.
• Night Demon Vultures joined the attack from the sky, including one that appeared to be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.

Liu Xiaoxiao and his allies defeated three hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts and collected their Soul Rings and Spirit Bones. Suspecting Evil Soul Masters had provoked the beasts, Da Bao led a group onward to hunt them while Zhang Lexuan escorted the others away.

• Liu Xiaoxiao used the Space Blade to badly wound the Night Demon Vulture, while Zheng Bei’s Eternal Armor amplified the group’s strength.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and the Emerald Demon Bird killed the Night Demon Vulture, and Liu Xiaoxiao stored its Soul Ring and collected its right leg Spirit Bone.
• Da Bao and Zhang Lexuan killed the Sand Demon Worm, then stored its Soul Ring and collected its right arm bone.
• Han Ruoruo restrained the King of Earth while Wu Ming killed it, and Chen Fang collected its Soul Ring and trunk bone.
• The group defeated the remaining King of Earth and Sand Demon Worms, fused Soul Rings, and Liu Xiaoxiao condensed more than six hundred Spirit Bones.
• Da Bao suspected nearby Evil Soul Masters had provoked the beasts, sent Zhang Lexuan and the others away, and led Liu Xiaoxiao and four companions onward to find them.

Liu Xiaoxiao and his companions fought an Evil Soul Master Title Douluo with an Underworld Flower Martial Soul, but her poison and spiritual attacks forced them to retreat. After regrouping with Zhang Lexuan’s party, they headed back to Shrek Academy, while Lin Bo saw an opportunity in the unaligned Evil Soul Master.

• Liu Xiaoxiao’s group found a woman with an Underworld Flower Martial Soul and attacked after Xiezhi revealed her Evil Qi.
• The woman’s Underworld Flower initially took heavy damage from the group’s coordinated attacks, but she used her eighth and Ninth Spirit Rings to paralyze them and assault their minds.
• Zheng Bei and Little Fatty rescued Liu Xiaoxiao, Da Bao, and Chen Fang with Instant Movement scrolls, gave them Detoxifying Pills, and teleported them away.
• Liu Xiaoxiao’s group met Zhang Lexuan and the others, then set off for Shrek Academy to report the unaligned Evil Soul Master Title Douluos.
• Lin Bo learned about the Underworld Flower Soul Master and summoned Sect Master Zhongli, hoping to use the situation to strengthen the Holy Spirit Cult and gain benefits.

After completing their advancement assessment, Liu Xiaoxiao and his companions attended an Inner Court Treasure Appraisal Meeting and acquired valuable Spirit Bones and Soul Tools. He Qiang warned them that powerful forces would appear in the upcoming tournament, prompting the group to prepare for the challenge.

• The Sea God Pavilion decided how to distribute the Spirit Bones and sell the Sand Demon Worm Right Arm Bone and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, while Liu Xiaoxiao's group passed their advancement assessment.
• He Qiang invited Liu Xiaoxiao and the others to an Inner Court Treasure Appraisal Meeting, where they encountered Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming.
• Liu Xiaoxiao bought the Space-Time Dragon Left and Right Arm Bones, and Zheng Bei acquired a Nine-Colored Gem for his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Da Bao, Zheng Bei, and He Qiang bought Spirit Bones for Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo as preparations for the tournament.
• He Qiang revealed that his Heavenly Machine Eye had foreseen multiple formidable forces appearing in the tournament, then bought a Wedge of Fusion to study its effects.

After absorbing two spirit bones, Liu Xiaoxiao received an emergency mission to win one hundred Dueling Arena matches and defeat one hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts without killing them. He completed the Beast Arena goal early and, six months later, earned his hundredth duel victory against Chen Fang.

• Liu Xiaoxiao absorbed two spirit bones, reached Level 63, and received an emergency mission with a one-year deadline.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty fought in the Dueling Arena, where Little Fatty lost to Liu Xiaoxiao's Soul Tools and combat tactics.
• Liu Xiaoxiao began fighting Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts by day and dueling Little Fatty's group by night, gradually becoming well-known.
• Liu Xiaoxiao completed the Beast Arena part of his mission five months later but continued struggling to reach one hundred duel victories against his friends.
• Six months after the first match, Liu Xiaoxiao defeated Chen Fang to claim his hundredth Dueling Arena victory and complete the mission.

Fan Yihuang passed the Fire God's first two trials, earning fifteen percent affinity after defeating a Three-legged Golden Crow. Zhang Shiwen passed the Ice God's first two trials in the Extreme North, earning ten percent compatibility, then teleported away.

• Fan Yihuang endured the extreme heat and passed the Fire God's First Trial, earning five percent Fire God Affinity.
• Fan Yihuang defeated the thirty-thousand-year Three-legged Golden Crow with a powerful strike and passed the Fire God's Second Trial, raising his affinity to fifteen percent.
• Zhang Shiwen survived in the Core Circle of the Extreme North and passed the Ice God's First Trial, earning five percent Ice God Compatibility.
• Zhang Shiwen froze the gale winds and used her wings and Soul Tools to rise one hundred meters, passing the Ice God's Second Trial and reaching ten percent compatibility.
• Zhang Shiwen recovered some Soul Power and used the Teleportation Array to leave the area.

Li Hong entered the Thunder God inheritance site and passed its first two trials, earning fifteen percent Thunder God affinity. He Qiang and Chen Long stayed behind to temper their lightning, while Li Hong left after learning that his Third Trial would begin when the time was right.

• He Qiang explained the Thunder God inheritance to Li Hong and said he and Chen Long had come to evolve their lightning into Ultimate Lightning.
• He Qiang and Chen Long stopped at the edge of the dangerous area to draw lightning into their bodies, while Li Hong continued toward the trials.
• Li Hong used Star Guardian and Starlight Bodyguard to withstand the Nine-layered Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and completed the First Trial.
• Li Hong weakened and imprisoned a twenty-thousand-year Thunderclap Nether Vine, then killed it with Star Crown Soul Break to complete the Second Trial beyond requirements.
• The Thunder God granted Li Hong fifteen percent total affinity and said the Third Trial would begin when his cultivation reached the required level and the time was right.
• Li Hong returned, saw He Qiang and Chen Long still absorbing lightning, and left through a Teleportation Array.

He Qiang put the group through dangerous ocean trials and intensive cultivation to awaken their Martial Souls and strengthen their Soul Power. After more than two months of training, they prepared for Shrek’s inner academy assessment, while Zheng Bei was assigned to protect Huo Yuhao and investigate Ju Zi and Xu Tianran.

• He Qiang teleported most of the group into the ocean, where they endured crushing pressure before escaping to shore and recovering with pills, nourishing food, and pressured cultivation.
• The group repeated increasingly dangerous sea trials, and their Martial Souls underwent Second Awakening, with He Qiang and Chen Long’s evolving into the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King.
• Liu Xiaoxiao broke through He Qiang’s seal to reach Soul Sage, upgraded the group’s Soul Tools, and the others advanced several Soul Power levels during the training period.
• He Qiang told Zheng Bei to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, protect Huo Yuhao, and investigate whether Ju Zi and Xu Tianran were Lin Bo.
• The group left the Ten Virtues Secret Realm, and Liu Xiaoxiao received an emergency mission to pass the inner academy assessment.

Liu Xiaoxiao and the others entered the Ming Dou Great Forest for their Inner Court assessment, capturing listed Mutated Soul Beasts until they encountered a Wing-tailed Bear King far stronger than expected. Liu Xiaoxiao unsealed his power, overcame the Hell Evil Dragon’s attempt to seize his body, and launched a transformed attack on the airborne beast.

• Elder Xuan led Liu Xiaoxiao and the others into the Ming Dou Great Forest to capture Mutated Soul Beasts for Shrek Academy.
• Little Fatty summoned a Lightning Beast to paralyze a twenty-thousand-year Wind Spirit Wolf, and the group captured several listed beasts.
• The group encountered a Wing-tailed Bear King that Liu Xiaoxiao identified as a sixty-thousand-year Mutated Soul Beast, but Da Bao realized it was likely a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• A voice urged Liu Xiaoxiao to unseal his Martial Soul, Spirit Bones, and domain, and he used his abilities to halt the bear’s flight.
• Liu Xiaoxiao transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as Xiezhi suppressed the Hell Evil Dragon’s influence and its power fused into him.
• Liu Xiaoxiao charged behind the Wing-tailed Bear King and struck its back while hooking toward its head with his Evil God Hook.